McSwain Attacks Reece Plan On Muscle Shoals Bid
Washington March 28 The House failed to kill the Reece plan for Muscle Shoals disposal as McSwain Democrat of South Carolina offered a substitute to lease the project as a unit with a permanent three member board to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate The Reece bill would create a temporary board not to be confirmed and would lease part or all of the project to private interests Representative Laguardia New York denounced the measure charging it would provoke government sale to power interests The fight centered on control of the project and whether government operation should be temporary or permanent
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Vote Probe Seeks Ousting of Judson Stark
Marion county primary fraud probe targets attorney Judson Stark amid a grand jury demand in Indianapolis. Impounded ballots and a recount are sought in the case against James A. Collins, a 20 year judge defeated in the Republican renomination. Stark says he is not embarrassed and will prosecute if votes were stolen for or against him.
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Cardinal Lucon Dies at Rheims After Bombardment
Cardinal Lucon archbishop of Rheims dies at 87 in Rheims after staying through the town s bombardment. Ill with bronchial pneumonia he received last rites. A priest for 65 years he kept count of damage to the cathedral during World War I and became a prominent figure in French Catholic history. In New York police seize nearly 1 million dollars in stolen gains from four safety deposit boxes.
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New York
Counterfeit Ring Raided in Brooklyn Apartment
Secret Service operatives seized a large lithograph press in a Brooklyn apartment and arrested Pericle Mannervini Joseph Donepros and Mattio Mattera. Authorities say the gang produced counterfeit $10 $20 and $50 notes with a potential value over a million dollars and planned wide distribution. The raid followed a tip and yielded sheets of bogus currency and paper stock for four million more notes.
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Joseph Donepros
Joseph Ross
Mattio Mattera
Doctor
Allan G. Straight
Mrs. J. W. Norvell Dies in Bristol at 87
Mrs. J. W. Norvell, 87, honorary president of the Virginia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, died unexpectedly at her Bristol home. The report notes her long service in Confederate veteran circles and local civic work.
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Weather Fair and Cooler Across Regions
Tennessee and Virginia forecast generally fair with cooler conditions. Tennessee expects cooler Thursday and northwest tonight. Virginia sees moderate southwest winds shifting to fresh northwest tonight. Readings show yesterday’s high 83, low not stated. no rainfall recorded. Data by C. L. Bunn, U.S. Weather Bureau.
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Sam Price to Oppose Reece For Congress
Tennessee political clash reported in Johnson City outlines Sam Price challenging B. Carroll Reece in the First Congressional District. Reece, seeking a fifth term, holds the Republican nomination seen as the election in this district.
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Reece
Congress
Tennessee
B. Carroll Reece
Johnson City
Dr John R Neal in Senate Race in Tennessee
Dr John R Neal of Shville Tennessee seeks the Democratic nomination for junior U S senator. He faces Cordell Hult and Andrew L Todd with primary on August 7 and qualifying ends June 7. No Republican candidate announced yet. Brock, incumbent, silent on renomination as term expires November. Governor Horton opposed by L E Gwinn and Harry T Burn seeks Republican governor nomination. Both parties also nominate for congress, railroad and public utilities commissioner, and legislature at the August primaries.
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Murfreesboro
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William E. Brock
Chattanooga
Lawrence D. Tyson
Henry H. Horton
L. E. Gwinn
Memphis
Harry T. Burn
Sweetwater
Congress
French LaFayette descendants tour Monticello and Ashlawn
Charlottesville May 28 descendants of the French hero visited Monticello the home of Thomas Jefferson and Ashlawn the former home of James Monroe. The party led by Marquis Jacques De Dampierre included Comte Henri de Dampierre Theodore Fred Kuper Henry Allen Johnson and Jacob Greenberg. They were greeted by Rose Gouverneer Hoes and Jay Johns at Ashlawn.
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Graf Zeppelin Leaves Pernambuco for Havana Flight
The Graf Zeppelin departed Pernambuco Brazil at 11 18 a m for Havana weather delayed takeoff due to heavy rain. The 4 500 mile leg along the north coast of South America will take the airship toward the West Indies with a hoped arrival in Lakehurst New Jersey by June 9. There were nineteen passengers onboard including three women and a return to Pernambuco is planned after visiting Havana.
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Indian Disorder Alarms Observers Across Cities
London reports rising unrest in Bombay Lucknow and Dacca with dozens killed and hundreds injured. Rioting targets British authority especially in Muslim quarters while communal clashes in Dacca remain localized. Police fired on mobs and fourteen officers were hospitalized.
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Kingsport to Advertise Bids for New Federal Post Office
Advertisements for bids to erect Kingsport Tennessee’s new federal post office at Broad and New streets will be issued June 12 with plans ready the same day. Bids mailed to the local postmaster will follow, and work is expected to start mid July with a 30 day bidder selection period. Congressmen Reece and McKellar aided the project in Washington and a letter from Acting Supervising Architect Geo C Von Nevis confirms the timing.
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B. ‘Carrol Reece
K. D. McKellar
Tennessee
United States Senate
Miller
Carrol Reece
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Geo. C. von Nevis
Milk poisons forty in Yugoslavia may report
In Jugoslavia on May 28 an AP dispatch says forty people in a town were poisoned after drinking milk and butter from a cow bitten by a mad dog. Authorities urge caution over dairy products from suspect animals and advise veterinary checks to prevent further cases.
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Iowa Girl Wins Spelling Test In National Bee
Helen Jensen of Council Bluffs Iowa won $1000 in gold as first prize in the sixth national spelling bee. Ruth Des Jardins of Detroit received $500, Mildeed Froning of South Bend Indiana earned $250, with the event sponsored by 24 newspapers in cooperation with NBC. Jensen represented the Des Moines Register Des Jardin the Detroit News and Froning the South Bend News Times.
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Iowa
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Detroit
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Montana Senator Walsh Pledges Referendum on Prohibition
Senator Walsh of Montana signals openness to a statewide referendum on prohibition and says he would accept the outcome if the people vote for or against it. He emphasizes respecting voters’ decision and aligning with Montana’s political will.
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